Jorrocks's EnglandMiddle-class life in England during the nineteenth century as portrayed in the sporting novels of Robert Surtees. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION I | 1 |
THE CREATOR OF JORROCKS | 9 |
FROM SPONGE TO ROMFORD | 24 |
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